Expert pulmonologists share essential guidelines on distinguishing normal coughs from dangerous ones, plus effective home ...

“Emphysema makes it hard to breathe air out of your lungs as it affects the tiny air sacs at the end of the airways where ...

The problem with COPD is you have obstruction to air flow, so most patients have a chronic cough, have some shortness of breath, have some wheezing. And periodically they will have what we call an ...

Physicians recommend that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) quit smoking and use steroids, antibiotics and other drugs to manage the sometimes debilitating symptoms. However, ...

Black Americans have a higher likelihood of having asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) but may not know it. Here’s what you ...

Ohtuvayre showed significant improvement in lung function by 12 weeks. Follow-up analyses showed that Ohtuvayre had long-term ...

Changes in cough-related symptoms following treatment with levocloperastine 30, 60 and 120 mg/day for 6 days in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n = 40). Improvements in cough ...

People with COPD experience more falls and related injuries requiring medical care when using common fall-risk increasing ...

UCLA Health also recommends making a doctor’s appointment if your cough still interferes with your ability to sleep or go to work after several weeks. “Your symptoms shouldn’t worsen,” Russell Buhr, M ...

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic interstitial lung disease characterized by progressive scarring of lung ...

Can’t stop coughing It’s a common question happening with all of the upper respiratory illness going around including colds, ...

A persistent cough can be a sign of a more serious illness, which is why it's important to get it checked by a doctor.